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The temperatures are dropping this week, so it's time to get cozy! Here's an amazing way to make your whole house smell amazing...First combine ingredients, like citrus basil (fresh and clean)...Juniper and pepper (masculine)......or vanilla cinnamon (cozy and festive)...

All you have to do is cover the ingredients with water and simmer on the stove—and voila! Your entire home will smell incredible. Great for a cold day inside, right? Or a holiday party! xo

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Also: buy a few quinces (they're in season right now!) and simply place them in a bowl. They will make your house smell so sweet: http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2008/11/vanilla_poached_quince.php

In the first mixture (basil, lemon), if you add some salt after the water level gets lower, and then you put it in a blender...then you have a natural dish soap that smells great and is 100% natural ...I use it for the baby's plates, forks, etc.

My mother has always done this in the winter as well with an orange peel and occasionally a cinnamon stick. I assure you it smells divine. It would be a great thing to also do if you know a showing is scheduled at your home if you were trying to sell it. Then right before the showing just remove the thing from the stove of course. Just a tip.

These sounds awesome, but I would prefer to do it with things I can then eat too!! With these roasted cinnamon sugar nuts, your house will smell incredible and you'll love to serve them for snacks then too! (Or eat them all yourself). Win win

Mmm, cinnamon! What a lovely Fall scent. If you have a moment, I'd love for you to check out this contest where you could win one of my art prints! http://youngbirdblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/win-anything-from-my-etsy-shop.html

What a fantastic idea! I love this. I HATE those chemically, unnatural scents that come in a spray bottle, and sometimes a candle can be a bit too strong of a smell, so this is perfection. It would make a space feel so clean, warm and cozy. I'm going to try it this weekend!

Cool ideas! I just use an orange with cloves in it. Like this the whole house smells amazing and festive. I keep it on a plate in the window frame.But I especially love the idea of vanilla and cinnamon in your blogpost. Maybe I can make teeny-tiny pieces of it and put it in a little burner with water and a tealight underneath it too, that would be awesome!

I love all these ideas! I actually experimented with home fragrances in this very fashion when I was pregnant last year. Wafting citrus, clove, and cinnamon did wonders to mitigate (what were to my sensitive nose) unbearable lingering food aromas (like sauteed onions).